Pay the car tax in January in advance and get 9% tax savings.

In January, Seoul City pays the automobile tax, which is paid twice a year, in a lump sum in January, and receives a’deferred payment application’ that allows 9.15% of the annual tax to be deducted. On the basis of new non-commercial passenger cars less than 2 years old, SM3 can save 26,620 won, Sonata 475,50 won, and Grandeur 71,350 won.

The city of Seoul receives a’car tax deferred payment application’ that pays one year’s automobile tax at a time by January 31st. Applications can be made through the Seoul local tax internet payment system (Seoul etax) and smartphone app (STAX). [사진 STAX 캡처]

The city of Seoul announced on the 13th that it will accept applications for 2021 annual automobile tax payment through phone, internet, and smartphone apps by the 31st. However, considering that this year’s payment deadline is on Sunday, the 31st of this month, we made payments until Monday, the 1st of the following month.

The’car tax deferred payment system’ is a system in which one year’s worth of tax is paid in advance. Normally, automobile tax returns twice in June and December of the year, but the annual tax amount can be paid at once in January, March, June, and September. The amount of deduction is different for each delinquency period, and if all payments are made in January, the tax deduction is 9.15%. You can deduct 7.5% in March, 10% in the second half of June, and 5.0% in September.

In the case of the 1998 cc Sonata, a tax amount of 200 won per 1cc is applied, so a total annual automobile tax of 519,000 won is required (based on new cars less than 2 years old), but 47750 won (9.15%) is discounted if paid in January do. [사진 현대자동차]

According to the local tax law, the automobile tax increases in proportion to the displacement. SM3, a new non-business car for less than 2 years (displacement of 1598 cc), will receive a discount of 2,6620 won from car tax from 29,830 won to 26,4210 won if an annual payment is made this month. Sonata (1998cc) is 5,19480 won → 47,1930 won (47,550 won), and Granger (2999cc) is 77,940 won (700,000 won) → 730,000 won (71,350 won).

The discount includes local education tax, which is 30% of the annual tax. Until last year, 10% of the annual tax was deducted if the automobile tax was deferred in January, but the deduction rate was lowered to 9.15% from this year due to the revision of the local tax law.

To apply for a deferred automobile tax payment, you can access the Seoul City etax and enter your resident registration number and vehicle number. [etax홈페이지 캡처]

The payment method can be paid by receiving a vehicle tax payment slip sent by post from this day, or by accessing the Seoul City Local Tax Internet Payment System (https://etax.seoul.go.kr) or a smartphone app (STAX) and entering the vehicle number and resident registration number. After that, you can apply. If you have already paid the car tax in advance, you do not have to pay additional car tax at the new address even if you move to another city/province within the year.

In addition, if the car is scrapped or transferred after paying the car tax in arrears, the tax can be returned for the rest of the period excluding the number of days used. Refunds are deposited into the refund account entered at the time of delinquency. If you do not enter your refund account, a refund notice will be sent to you by mail. An official from Seoul said, “If you are a borrower who applied for arrears last year, the payment form will be sent out this year without a separate application.”

Meanwhile, the number of Seoul citizens who paid the automobile tax deferred last year was 38.7% of the total, a total of 1.21 million cases worth 25.8 billion won. It was 3.3% higher than the previous year (2509 billion won)

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Car tax calculation, how

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According to the local tax law, automobile tax increases in proportion to the displacement. Here, the local education tax of 30% and the discount rate applied depending on the retention period (3-12 years) should be considered.

According to Article 127 (Tax Base and Tax Rate) of the Local Tax Act, for non-business passenger cars ▶ 80 won per 1cc of displacement less than 1000cc ▶ 140 won per 1cc of less than 1600cc ▶ 200 won per 1cc exceeding 1600cc.

For example, for a vehicle with a displacement of 1999cc, the annual tax amount is (200 won × 1999cc) plus 30% of the local education tax, for a total of 519740 won. If you have this vehicle for 3 years, a 5% discount, if you have it for 4 years, 10%, and if you have it for 5 years, a 15% discount is applied. This is because the discount rate applied from the third year of the holding period accumulates 5% points each year, and up to 50% discount is applied.

If it is a car that has been in the car for 4 years, the annual tax amount is 510,740 won, but a 10% discount is lowered to 46,7760 won. If it is deferred in January, 9.15% will be deducted from 46,770 to 4,260,000 won. If you pay an arrear in March, the deduction rate will drop to 7.5%, and you will have to pay 432,670 won.

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Reporter Heo Jeongwon [email protected]